The judiciary: types and role in civil and criminal courts
Across
- 4. Head of the judiciary who protects and represents the entire bench.
- 5. Lower-tier judges who handle small claims and summary criminal hearings.
- 6. Justices who hear the final appeals on major points of law.
- 9. Resolving ambiguities in legislation during active courtroom statutory application.
- 11. The final judgment on liability delivered by a civil trial judge.
- 12. Financial remedy assessed and awarded by judges in civil cases.
- 13. The judicial role of determining criminal punishment after a guilty verdict.
- 14. Lord Justices who hear appeals in the senior civil and criminal branches.
Down
- 1. Puisne judges who try high-value civil claims and serious criminal trials.
- 2. Part-time judge who usually sits in the Crown or County Court.
- 3. Mid-tier judges who sit in the County Court and Crown Court.
- 4. Dynamic power of civil judges to direct timetables and save costs.
- 7. Judicial decision to grant freedom or remand a defendant pre-trial.
- 8. Procedural High Court judges who handle preliminary application hearings.
- 10. The judge's final review of evidence and law for the jury.